"Morning Fog"...

Central Arkansas.
Photo # DSCF6889sqbw.

"Canopy Puzzle"...

Leaves in the trees with sunlight peeking through.
Trees in forest, Dancing Rabbit Trail,
Crowley's Ridge State Park, Arkansas.
Photo # IM7_3712bw.
(c) Kelly Shipp

 

 

Red-winged Chaos...

What mere mortals may assume as chaos, these red-winged blackbirds actually have organized flight patterns, despite how this slow exposure photograph represents these winged creatures in flight.

Red-winged Blackbirds.
Holla Bend National Wildlife Refuge, Arkansas.
Photo # KSA_6162.
(c) Kelly Shipp

"Madison County Mandolins"...

This is another from my series of Paul V. from Madison County.
In this photograph, Paul V. is holding a hand-made Mandolin that he is making from a turtle shell. He has a number of these hand-made instrument projects around his shop.  I really like the natural light that's coming from his shop windows.

Paul V.
Madison County, Arkansas.
Photo # K03_3435cbw_sq.

"Nowata Church of God in Christ"...

 "Nowata Church of God in Christ"

As most of you know, I have a passion for photographing old homesteads, places, churches, schools, etc.  I hope to photograph them before they fall victim to the weather or other reasons.
This church was built around 1915 and abandoned around 1999.  It was constructed as the Second Missionary Baptist Church for the growing African American community in Nowata.  Over the years, the church has changed names.

I was able to speak with those who went to church there as kids and also own adjacent property. They had hoped to have saved the church once it was abandoned, but it's too far gone now.

Nowata, Oklahoma.
Photo # IM7_4248-56bw.
(c) Kelly Shipp.

"High Noon Harvest"...

The juxtaposition of the tree line (with cattle) and the lone tree on the right seemed to balance the photograph with the truck between them.  If the truck could talk...

1960's International Harvester BC-170 Truck.
Photo # IM7_4285-89bwm2.
(c) Kelly Shipp

 

 

"Variety of Passion"...

The Gulf fritillary or passion butterfly is a striking, medium-sized butterfly. I was fortunate to get to photograph several of these over a long period recently, and I have the sunburn to prove it. (ha)
With many attempts, including this one, I tried to capture each side of the wings in a single frame, so you can easily see how stunning it is on both the dorsal (top) view and ventral (underside) view. The top view is a deep orange with black streaks, with the underside an amazing mix of colors and white spots. The top view has many cool facets that I will explain in more detail on future photographs, where I have captured more awesome detail.

Gulf fritillary (Dione vanillae).
Holla Bend National Wildlife Refuge, Arkansas.
Photo # DSCF5980c16x9.
(c) Kelly Shipp